CVE-2026-1849
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Out-of-Memory Vulnerability in MongoDB Server Expression Evaluation

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-1849, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-02-10

Last updated on: 2026-02-25

Assigner: MongoDB, Inc.

Description

MongoDB Server may experience an out-of-memory failure while evaluating expressions that produce deeply nested documents. The issue arises in recursive functions because the server does not periodically check the depth of the expression.

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Published
2026-02-10
Last Modified
2026-02-25
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2026-02-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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Vendor Product Version / Range
mongodb mongodb From 7.0.0 (inc) to 7.0.29 (exc)
mongodb mongodb From 8.0.0 (inc) to 8.0.18 (exc)
mongodb mongodb From 8.2.0 (inc) to 8.2.2 (exc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-674 The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability occurs in MongoDB Server when it evaluates expressions that produce deeply nested documents. Specifically, the issue arises in recursive functions because the server does not periodically check the depth of the expression, which can lead to an out-of-memory failure.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can cause the MongoDB Server to experience an out-of-memory failure, which may result in a denial of service. This means that the server could crash or become unresponsive when processing certain deeply nested expressions, potentially disrupting applications relying on the database.

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